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Virtual gastric band hypnotherapy is a great technique to help you reduce weight and sustain the results in the long-term. To understand how hypnotherapy can help you to reach your weight reduction goals, its useful to first look at the aspects of diets that don’t work in the long-term. If you follow a specific food plan or diet strictly, you will normally lose some weight. However, it’s often tricky to keep the pounds off after the diet has finished. Why? There are several...

When the new year rolls around, so many of us sit down to decide what it is we really want to achieve in the next 12 months.

While we always have good intentions behind us, after a few months the novelty of the new year wears off and many of us revert back to old habits. If this is the year you really want to make lasting change, it may be time for you to consider getting a little extra help. And for many, hypnotherapy is the answer.

Here are some common New Year’s resolutions and how...

According to a study done by the U N Food and Agricultural Organization in 2013, obesity levels in the UK have more than trebled in the past 30 years. At the time of the report, 24.9% of people living in the UK were classed as obese. A really worrying factor linked to these figures is the inevitable increase in health problems linked to weight gain- heart disease, strokes and diabetes. So what is to blame for this sharp increase in our modern world?Well it’s just that - the modern...

Surgical gastric band operations are becoming more and more popular as a solution for weight loss. Initially they can be seen as an easy option, a guaranteed way to lose weight. But there are some problems with them. The obvious issue is that any operation is dangerous and carries a risk. They are also expensive and with ongoing NHS cuts, they are unlikely to be freely available for long. So what about gastric band hypnotherapy? Gastric band hypnotherapy (or a virtual gastric band) with an...

How does a virtual gastric band work?If you are severely overweight and believe you overeat because you lack control with the amount of food you are putting in your body, you may have thought about the option of gastric band surgery.Of course, this will take a lot of consideration. You will have a lot to think about before you make the appointment with the specialist to discuss the surgery. After booking the consultation, you will hear and read about the pros and cons.After a lot of discussions...

Gastric band surgery has become a more common, and some may say extreme way to lose weight. It is however becoming increasingly popular in the UK. According to the British Medical Journal there are currently over 240,000 people on NHS waiting lists, keen to have this surgical procedure.Because of the long wait to have the operation on the NHS and the very strict criteria people have to comply with, many chose to have the procedure done privately. This can be anything between...

Gastric band hypnotherapy became available as a weight loss option a few years ago and unlike some things that are popular for a while then gradually become less popular, this does not seem to be the case - as more and more people seem to be choosing this option. Sometimes because they know someone who has been successful in losing weight with this method or perhaps because having an actual gastric band is not an option that they feel comfortable with. Or perhaps they have seen media coverage...